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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Run at Startup doesn't work when the account on my computer has a space in it

Someone made the little mistake of not accounting for directory paths with spaces when making the registry value for running at startup. I put a space in my computer's account name (format of firstname[space]lastname), so since installing Spotify, in...

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  • Someone made the little mistake of not accounting for directory paths with spaces when making the registry value for running at startup. I put a space in my computer's account name (format of firstna...
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How to sort artists without including the 'the' at the beginning?

Is there any way of going back to the previous sorting method of spotify where it did not include the starting 'the' of the artist name? I have noticed that my artist list is different as all the artists that have a name starting with 'the' are group...

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  • Is there any way of going back to the previous sorting method of spotify where it did not include the starting 'the' of the artist name? I have noticed that my artist list is different as all the art...
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Partial Discography Vanishes OH MY GIRL

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows 10 / DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe catalogue for OH MY GIRL seems to have partially vanished; I understand there may be rights issues, but this strikes me as a technical/human error, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows 10 / Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The catalogue for OH MY GIRL seems to have partially vanished; I understan...
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Solved!! A single local file song can't hear audio

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo the song was playing fine for months and today I changed the album picture in Windows Media Player by clicking 'Paste Album Image'. Now I can't hear the song on Spotify even though it's 'playing'. All...

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  • Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So the song was playing fine for months and today I changed the album picture in Windows Media Player by clicking 'Paste Album Image'.&nbsp...
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Solved!! all songs are greyed, logoless and unplayable

PlanFreeCountryNew ZealandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueon one device (powerful, win10, etc) Spotify is normal. on absolutely everything else every single song that I can get to is greyed. most songs don't show up, like liked songs. ...

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  •   Plan Free Country New Zealand Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue on one device (powerful, win10, etc) Spotify is normal. on absolutely everything else every ...
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Spotify for Windows 10 appstore app on x86 does not start after first sign in

My Question or IssueI'm using a fresh Windows 10 (1903) install. The Spotify App won't start after signing in. Quick spinning icon then nothing.Each attempt creates two Event log messages.Message 1:Failure to instantiate storage folder C:\Users\\AppD...

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  • My Question or Issue I'm using a fresh Windows 10 (1903) install. The Spotify App won't start after signing in. Quick spinning icon then nothing. Each attempt creates two Event log messages. Messa...
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[Desktop/Win10] jump to song in playlist by double-click on clip-art is broken

1) Switch to rather big playlist (sometime fails on Discover Weekly by Spotify)2) Start shuffle playback (fails on sequence playback as well)3) Double-click on song title (line) brings you to original EP/LP album for that song4) Double-click on art-a...

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  • 1) Switch to rather big playlist (sometime fails on Discover Weekly by Spotify) 2) Start shuffle playback (fails on sequence playback as well) 3) Double-click on song title (line) brings you t...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify spielt keine Lieder mehr.

Ich Brauche Hilfe mein Spotify will nicht mehr alle Lieder Abspielen sie werden zwar erkannt aber werden nicht Abgespielt und ich habe schon alles versucht was nur geht.

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  • Ich Brauche Hilfe mein Spotify will nicht mehr alle Lieder Abspielen sie werden zwar erkannt aber werden nicht Abgespielt und ich habe schon alles versucht was nur geht.
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Spotify won't install after system restore (Windows 10)

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevicePC Lenovo c340Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I tried to install spotify from the windows store. While installing, i have to "system restore" my windows (i use windows 10) because of something.I didn't...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device PC Lenovo c340 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I tried to install spotify from the windows store. While installing, i h...
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Spotify Crash after each Song

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLaptop: MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RFOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYesterday I downloaded a PlayList from my MonsterCat Gold Account as MP3 Files (each FileSize is between 5-15 MB because all Informations l...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Laptop: MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Yesterday I downloaded a PlayList from my MonsterCat Gold Accou...
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Unknown Window

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 Hi, so this popped up and I have no idea what is it about.. Have others encountered this and what is the solution to fixing this? Thank you

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   Hi, so this popped up and I have no idea what is it about.. Have others encountered this and what is the solution to fixing this? Thank yo...
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Spotify not detecting JBL Go 2 bluetooth speaker

I have successfully paired a JBL Go2 speaker to two PCs running Windows 10. When I search the Spotify App for the device it just doesn't appearThe speaker is also paired to my Iphone which has the Spotify App. In this case the phone has paired with t...

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  • I have successfully paired a JBL Go2 speaker to two PCs running Windows 10. When I search the Spotify App for the device it just doesn't appear The speaker is also paired to my Iphone which has the ...
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Why am I getting selections in a language that is not of my choice, on the Spotify add home?

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Why can´t I remove the Spotify app Home music selection (I hate what is in it)?

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Spotify keeps pausing songs in the middle of playing, please help me!

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice2 year old DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis issue has only started today. I have forcibly logged all devices out of my spotify account in case someone was using it that I didn't want to. I have cha...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device 2 year old Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue This issue has only started today. I have forcibly logged all devices out of my sp...
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Editor`s picks scrolling back

Hello, I have a little problem with my Windows 10 desktop app. When I start an app, see Editor`s picks and scroll them back to see, what playlists are there, I can`t scroll back to previous. For example in editor`s pics are 10 playlists. I scroll bac...

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  • Hello, I have a little problem with my Windows 10 desktop app. When I start an app, see Editor`s picks and scroll them back to see, what playlists are there, I can`t scroll back to previous. For exam...
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Solved!! [Help] Liked songs and playlists are NOT loading, nothing plays. Only web player works.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLiked songs are not showing and almost all songs either don't play or give me errors. All custom playlists don't play and nothing shows up. Album art doesn't load either...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Liked songs are not showing and almost all songs either don't play or give me errors. All cus...
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Spotify Desktop App question

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have the Free plan and using a laptop computer with Windows 7 operating system, and the cou...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I have ...
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Metered connection not respected

Hi,Similar to this idea https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Android-app-does-not-respect-metered-WiFi-networks/m-p/1921488, the Desktop app does not respect metered connections.This is really very "rude" compared to many other applications.I had...

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  • Hi, Similar to this idea https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Android-app-does-not-respect-metered-WiFi-networks/m-p/1921488, the Desktop app does not respect metered connections. This is reall...
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History not showing all music played

PremiumUSWindows Windows 10I use a Samsung 8 phone and heard a song and played it multiple times from my Discover Weekly Playlist. I was dumb and forgot to add the song to my Liked List and the Discover Weekly updated today. I went on my desktop comp...

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  • Premium US Windows  Windows 10 I use a Samsung 8 phone and heard a song and played it multiple times from my Discover Weekly Playlist. I was dumb and forgot to add the song to my Liked List ...
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